University of Wisconsin

Glass Act: There's More to Glass Art Than Dale Chihuly

Why South Florida Is Pretty Healthy and the Panhandle Is Going to Drop Dead

The University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute released its third-annual county health rankings earlier this week, offering a huge pile of statistics on more than 3,000 U.S. counties that reveal, among other things, that fewer car crashes happen in the Northeast and teen pregnancy is high ... More >>

Google Glasses Show Why It's Too Late to Ban Texting and Driving

​By the end of the year, Google is expected to start selling glasses that display up-to-date information about the nearby environment on a tiny screen embedded in the lens.  The glasses, according to the New York Times, "will have a low-resolution built-in camera that will be able to monitor ... More >>

Learn to Make Grilled Cheese With an Iron From "College & Cook"

Open publication - Free publishing"A college food magazine needs to exist," said Miamian Audrey Scagnelli in a dorm room at her alma mater, George Washington University. Scagnelli is founder of College & Cook, an online magazine assembled by undergrads from Florida Gulf Coast, Georgetown, Washin ... More >>

Federal "Race to the Top" Funds Used to Build More Florida Charter Schools in Poor Areas

​This week's cover story about Mavericks in Education Florida explores the pitfalls of a for-profit charter school company that promises to help at-risk kids. Florida has been especially friendly to charter schools, allowing private companies to continue opening them using taxpayer dollars, e ... More >>

For This Deon, Prime Time Is Overdue

Deon Thomas was a Chicago hoops legend. He would become one of the University of Illinois' all-time basketball greats. And for the last decade-plus, he was a globe-trotting, championship-winning professional basketball star. Now he's a JV coach in the Broward 'burbs.Specifically, Thomas is the absur ... More >>

It's True: People Are Stupid

Deon Thomas was a Chicago hoops legend. He would become one of the University of Illinois' all-time basketball greats. And for the last decade-plus, he was a globe-trotting, championship-winning professional basketball star. Now he's a JV coach in the Broward 'burbs.Specifically, Thomas is the absur ... More >>

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It's All About Sex!

Bier! Bier!

It's All About Sex!

Shedding Skin

Rainer Maria perfects its brand of emotional indie-rock

Jello Biafra

The Big Ka-Boom, Part One (Alternative Tentacles)

Hurricane Andre

The University of Miami administration has nothing to say about the Andre Johnson cheating case, but some faculty won't stay quiet

Talkin' Tolkien

Who has the right to write about the lord of the Ring's fictional tongues?

Guardian Games

Kathleen Ulsrud may have fleeced dozens of elderly clients. So why is she still in business?

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Kathleen Ulsrud may have fleeced dozens of elderly clients. So why is she still in business?

Cleared for Takeoff

If Fort Lauderdale wants to keep the Baltimore Orioles in town for spring training, it just needs to come up with $36 million